Teams Set for TANC 2025
The teams are set for the 2025 Transatlantic Negotiation Competition (TANC). The competition will be held virtually from March 14 -16, 2025. TANC, hosted by Syracuse University College of Law and Queens University Belfast, features at least eight U.S. law schools and eight international law schools competing against each other in a contest that simulates legal negotiations.
America
Baylor University School of Law (Waco, Texas)
Charleston School of Law (Charleston, South Carolina)
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University (White Plains, New York)
Florida International University College of Law (Miami, Florida)
Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, D.C)
Liberty University School of Law (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Saint Mary’s University School of Law (San Antonio, Texas)
Samford University Cumberland School of Law (Birmingham, Alabama)
South Texas College of Law Houston (Houston, Texas)
Stetson University College of Law (Gulfport, Florida)
Syracuse University College of Law (Syracuse, New York)
University of Georgia School of Law (Athens, Georgia)
University of Houston Law Center (Houston, Texas)
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (Chicago, Illinois)
William & Mary Law School (Williamsburg, Virginia)
International
Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland)
Essex Law School (Colchester, England)
Jindal Global Law School (Sonipat, Haryana, India)
National Law School of India University, Bengaluru ( Bengaluru, Karnataka, India)
National University of Maynooth (Kildare, Ireland)
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil)
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
Queens University Belfast (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Law College (S.D.M Law College) (Mangalore, Karnataka, India)
Swansea University, Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law (Swansea, Wales)
Symbiosis Law School (Pune, India)
University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
UPES School of Law (Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India)
West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Competition Details
- The competition problems will be released on February 13th. The competition’s rules will be released at the same time.
- Teams may consist of four persons, but only two people from each team are eligible to compete in each round.
- Each round will be one hour.
About the Transatlantic Negotiation Competition
The competition gives law students around the world an opportunity to hone their negotiation and communication skills in a transnational setting, with particular emphasis on the importance of cross-cultural negotiation and communication in resolving disputes and facilitating client agreements.
In each round of the competition, one team from the United States and one International will face each other to resolve a series of problems presented in a particular factual scenario. The scenarios are not dependent on the law of a particular country and are the type commonly encountered in international business, trade, and political disputes.
Each simulation consists of a common set of facts known by all participants, as well as confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side. Teams may consist of four persons, but only two persons from each team are eligible to compete in each round. Each panel of evaluators will consist of three judges, with at least one judge from either Europe or the United States.
All finalists and semifinalist teams will receive a trophy commemorating their accomplishments and individual awards will be given to the competition’s best advocate, the most creative solution to a bargaining problem, and best teamwork.